U.S. Urges China to Speed Reforms,
Make Concessions for WTO Entry

BEIJING -- Senior U.S. trade negotiators urged China to make concessions in the next few months that would allow Beijing to join the World Trade Organization.

For years, the main obstacle to China's membership of the global trade organization has been U.S. demands that Beijing open up its markets, especially in the growing service sector. U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, who arrived in Beijing Monday, told Chinese...